{"id":376,"date":"2015-12-14T16:46:24","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T16:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/store\/shop\/elusive-sleep\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T11:08:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T11:08:55","slug":"elusive-sleep-cello-piano","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/store\/product\/elusive-sleep-cello-piano\/","title":{"rendered":"Elusive Sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Download a Preview PDF of the Score<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">Elusive Sleep for cello and piano &#8211; Preview (1.73 MB)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><div class=\"sdm_download_button_box_default\"><div class=\"sdm_download_link\"><form action=\"https:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/store\/?sdm_process_download=1&download_id=3941\" method=\"post\" class=\"sdm-g-recaptcha-form sdm-download-form\"><div class=\"sdm-recaptcha-button\"><input type=\"hidden\" class=\"sdm-g-recaptcha-v3-response\" name=\"g-recaptcha-response\"\/><a href=\"#\" class=\"sdm_download teal sdm_download_with_condition\">Download Watermarked Score for Perusal<\/a><\/div><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"download_id\" value=\"3941\" \/><\/form><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Printing is disabled for Preview scores.<\/p>\n<h2>Notes<\/h2>\n<p>Elusive Sleep is a restless piece that resulted from trying to write a lullaby. This music is dedicated to Boston Symphony cellist Luis Leguia. He played the premiere on his Luis &amp; Clark carbon-fiber cello.<em> For information on his cello, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.luisandclark.com\/\">Luis &amp; Clark<\/a> site.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The composer writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I was asked to write a piece in the mood of a berceuse or lullaby, but what came to mind was not the rocking rhythms that cradle us in sleep, but the wandering mind that defeats our attempts to let go of the day and find sleep. Sometimes the events of the day are just too interesting and we can\u2019t let go! I also find something obsessional in the rhythms and pacing of the mind\u2019s wanderings among my available thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>The piece begins with a descending major 6th. Although a beautiful and relaxing sonority, it returns insistently in both the piano and cello part and is the core motive of variations of the music. The piece makes a slow climb from the opening sections centered around C#; through a darker, heavier episode in D minor; finally rising to end in a tuneful section in a modal D#. For me, this upward direction represents letting go to float in the peace of sleep.<\/p>\n<p>In the final section, the cello plays a more contented and serene melody. The cello is again accompanied by lots of 6ths, but now they are delicate and gentle, in the tempo of a dream, rather than full of waking, erratic thoughts. Sleep may be elusive but we do\u2014we must\u2014find it in the end.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Pianist Karen Sauer, who attended the premiere, had these comments:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"review\"><p>&#8220;I thought the piece was wonderful, really lyrical and graceful. They [Luis Leguia and Carmen Rodriguez-Peralta] played it beautifully and looked like they really enjoyed doing it.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Listen<\/h2>\n<p><strong>SoundClick streaming<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/soundclick.com\/share?songid=7998456\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Listen to Elusive Sleep<\/a> and buy the MP3 at SoundClick.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Elusive Sleep<\/strong> is on the CD <em>Just In Time Now and Then<\/em>, with Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello, and Carmen Rodriguez-Peralta, piano. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spindrift.com\/store\/product\/just-in-time-now-and-then-2\/\">Get the CD from Spindrift<\/a>, or Amazon, or CDBaby.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download a Preview PDF of the Score Elusive Sleep for cello and piano &#8211; Preview (1.73 MB) Printing is disabled for Preview scores. Notes Elusive Sleep is a restless piece that resulted from trying to write a lullaby. This music is dedicated to Boston Symphony cellist Luis Leguia. 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